Tim Minshull, profesor del Centro Nacional Oceanográfico de Southampton, analiza el cambio climático y su impacto en los océanos
Tim Minshull, professor at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, discusses climate change and its impact on the oceans.
The lecture, organized by the Environmental Biology area Environmental Biology School of Science the University of Navarra, will take place on Friday, February 4
Professor Tim Minshull, researcher the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton (United Kingdom), will give a talk at the School of Science the University of Navarra on global warming in the oceans, organized by area Environmental Biology area .
Specifically, the expert will explain how methane hydrate, released as result of global warming in the oceans, may be driving the greenhouse effect. In this regard, in 2008, hundreds of methane gas plumes were discovered escaping from the seabed in the Svalbard Sea (Norway).
A gas leak that some experts have attributed to warming of the water in the deep ocean and is also considered episodic, as the methane oxidizes and dissolves in the ocean without reaching the atmosphere. However, other experts point out that the presence of methane in the ocean could alter the Arctic marine Biochemistry and its ecosystems.
The lecture will take place tomorrow, Friday 4, from 12 to 14 h. at classroom 1 of the Chestnut Building.
